New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Pictures and MGM have announced the titles and release dates for filmmaker Peter Jackson’s two-film adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit. The first film, titled “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey,” will be released on December 14, 2012. The second film, titled “The Hobbit: There and Back Again,” is slated for release the following year, on December 13, 2013.
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The Curse of The Hobbit strikes again!
No, really, is The Hobbit cursed? First, the movie took forever to get greenlighted because of MGM's financial problems. Then, Guillermo del Toro left the production, leaving them with no director. Then, there was that labor dispute in New Zealand that almost had the film relocating elsewhere.